The Carcassonne Affair - a fast-paced contemporary thriller laced with intrigue and humour

By Jonathan Veale
Published by Moulin Publications
$2.99 Rating: Not yet rated.
Published: July 20, 2012
Words: 45,463 (approximate)
Language: British English
ISBN: 9791090730267

Short description

Bestselling author Mark Bolt’s plans to sever his links with high society life in London are scuppered when a crooked financier fears his next book will expose a conspiracy at the top levels of the horse racing world in Europe.

Extended description

Bestselling author Mark Bolt’s plans to sever his links with high society life in London are scuppered when a crooked financier fears his next book will expose a conspiracy at the top levels of the horse racing world in Europe.

Expat Life in Europe

In this fast-moving adventure Mark is pursued from London, England, to the South of France by three people: his ex-partner, a woman scorned, a psychotic ex-terrorist with murder in mind, and a philandering Irishman who can’t keep his mind on his work. Expat life in Europe can rarely have offered up such mind-blowing consequences for all concerned.

A Murder Mystery

As Mark sets about restoring a centuries-old property close to Carcassonne in South West France he is befriended by long-established expats who have little idea how much danger the newcomer is in. A mysterious death alerts the gendarmerie who are unaccustomed to dealing with such incidents in a hitherto tranquil setting. Old relationships falter and new ones beckon. But .. (Read more) Bestselling author Mark Bolt’s plans to sever his links with high society life in London are scuppered when a crooked financier fears his next book will expose a conspiracy at the top levels of the horse racing world in Europe.

Expat Life in Europe

In this fast-moving adventure Mark is pursued from London, England, to the South of France by three people: his ex-partner, a woman scorned, a psychotic ex-terrorist with murder in mind, and a philandering Irishman who can’t keep his mind on his work. Expat life in Europe can rarely have offered up such mind-blowing consequences for all concerned.

A Murder Mystery

As Mark sets about restoring a centuries-old property close to Carcassonne in South West France he is befriended by long-established expats who have little idea how much danger the newcomer is in. A mysterious death alerts the gendarmerie who are unaccustomed to dealing with such incidents in a hitherto tranquil setting. Old relationships falter and new ones beckon. But reality has an unusual way of dealing out the new hands!

A contemporary thriller and a superb escapist fiction story!
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action adventure, horse racing, contemporary thriller, murder mysteries, high finance, murder stories, expat living, mysteries and humor, living in france, a woman scorned

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